Federal courts in the 20^th century began to apply the rights in the Bill of Rights to state actions in a process known as

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Incorporation is the process by which the Supreme Court applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state laws and actions through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This process began in the 20th century with landmark cases such as Gitlow v. New York and eventually led to the incorporation of almost all of the Bill of Rights.

Federal Courts in the 20th Century Began to Apply the Rights

Federal Courts in the 20^th Century Began to Apply the Rights